Siegmund von Pranckh

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minister of War von Pranckh

Siegmund Freiherr von Pranckh (born December 5, 1821 in Altötting , †  May 8, 1888 in Munich ) was a Bavarian infantry general and minister of war .

Life

He came from the Bavarian line of the old noble family von Pranckh .

Pranckh joined the army in 1840 from the cadet corps in Munich and, promoted to captain in 1849 , worked on the staff of the Quartermaster General . He remained in the War Ministry until 1863 and then came as a colonel in the 3rd Infantry Regiment and then in 1865 in the Leibregiment , with which he stormed the village of Nüdlingen in the German War on July 10, 1866 at the meeting near Kissingen .

Shortly thereafter, Pranckh became Minister of War, and in this position achieved great merit through the reorganization of the army in 1868.

Promoted to lieutenant general immediately after the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War , he carefully and energetically organized the replenishment and catering of the army, after it had suffered considerable losses. He was also significantly involved in the conclusion of the November Treaty on November 23, 1870 in Versailles, which included the accession of the Kingdom of Bavaria to the North German Confederation . For his achievements he was rewarded with a donation of 100,000 thalers from war compensation.

In 1872 Pranckh initiated another army reform. In early 1875 he was promoted to general of the infantry and on April 4, 1875, at his request, released from the management of the War Ministry. In 1876 he was appointed captain general of the Hartschiere bodyguard

On December 4, 1869, the king appointed him owner of the 8th Infantry Regiment , which was called the 8th Infantry Regiment "Pranckh" until his death. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the war against France in 1870/71, the regiment was renamed after Pranckh on December 7, 1895 and continued the name until April 25, 1901.

Angel of Peace in Munich

Together with the German emperors Wilhelm I , Friedrich III. , Wilhelm II , Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and Generals Helmuth von Moltke , Albrecht von Roon , Ludwig von der Tann and Jakob von Hartmann , Pranckh the Angel of Peace was set as a memorial. It commemorates the 25 peaceful years after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. In the hall of the temple are the portraits of the persons named and gold mosaics , the allegories represent war and peace, victory and blessing for the culture.

Carl von Landmann on Pranckh:

Quiet and serious in his whole being, simple and needless, in short, a distinguished, open and energetic character, imperturbably fair and if necessary strict, P. is one of the important men of the great times in which the new German Reich was born is.

tomb

Grave of Siegmund Pranckh on the old southern cemetery in Munich location

The tomb of Siegmund Pranckh is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (burial ground 38 - row 13 - 34th) Location .

literature

Web links

Commons : Siegmund von Pranckh  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Treaty regarding Bavaria's accession to the Constitution of the German Confederation, with final protocol from November 23, 1870.  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Lanjus von Wellenburg: The flourishing families of the Austrian nobility. P. 43 f.
  2. ↑ Pranckh, Siegmund, Freiherr von, Bavarian. Minister of War . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 13, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885-1892, p. 314. ( peter-hug.ch PDF).
  3. ^ A b Carl von Landmann:  Pranckh, Sigmund Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, p. 105 f.
  4. ^ Bavarian War Ministry (ed.): Military manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1905. S. LIX.
personal data
SURNAME Pranckh, Siegmund von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pranckh, Siegmund Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian General of the Infantry and Minister of War
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Altötting
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1888
Place of death Munich